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JOHNNY FLYNN! TONIGHT! CHICAGO!
I don’t mean for this to sound like a threat, but if you know what’s good for you then you’ll probably head down to Mayne Stage tonight to catch Johnny Flynn. Why? Because it’s going to be amazing. TRUST ME.
Word on the street is that he’ll be performing a solo set, all in support of his latest album Been Listening, officially released in the US last month via Thirty Tigers.
Though this won’t be my first time seeing Flynn live, it will mark my first visit to Mayne Stage. This relatively new Rogers Park venue has undergone quite a few changes over its lifetime, probably why I was oblivious to its existence even though I lived five minutes away for almost four years. Expect a review of the show in the following days!
If you had planned to see him back in October, hopefully you can still make it out to this rescheduled date! Tickets: $15. Doors: 7pm, show starts at 8pm. Owen supporting.
Let’s take a moment to relive the magic of two years ago, shall we?
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011: EPIC TIMES AHEAD
Every year, hundreds of bands trek from all over the world to play SXSW and CMJ in hopes of becoming the latest and greatest blog darling. And every year, the person currently typing these words on her bruised and battered sony vaio** complains about the lack of love the Midwest receives in terms of touring bands and festivals*.
But for the last five years, Schubas (and now sister venue Lincoln Hall too!) have presented TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, a winter music festival showcasing some of the best up-and-coming bands from around the world. This year, one particular blogger hit bank with the lineup. Many have been using the old phrase “happy as a clam” to describe her feelings about TNK 2011.
TNK 2011 will take place Wednesday January 12th through January 16th at Schubas and Lincoln Hall. For the first time ever, the festival has also partnered with the Metro to bring Chicago even more good times! Initial lineup below!
Chicago Reader & Threadless present TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011
JANUARY 12th
Schubas: Special Guest / Generationals / Drink Up Buttercup / Pet Lions
Lincoln Hall: The Helio Sequence / Special Guests
JANUARY 13th
Lincoln Hall: The Besnard Lakes / Special Guest / Lia Ices / A Lull
Schubas: Markéta Irglová / Sam Amidon / Jeremy Messersmith / Special Guest
JANUARY 14th
Lincoln Hall: MYSTERY JETS / Title Tracks / Special Guests
Schubas: Special Guest / Fol Chen / BRAHMS / Special Guest
Metro: Freddie Gibbs / Rita J / Special Guests
JANUARY 15th
Schubas: The Boogers (early show)
Schubas: The Concretes / The Red River / special guest (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Handsome Furs / Special guest
January 16th
Schubas: Human Tim And Robot Tim (early show)
Schubas: S. Carey / Darwin Deez / Young Man / Sea of Bees (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Little Dragon / Alex Winston
FOR SHOW TIMES, AGE RESTRICTIONS and MORE INFO about the bands, the venues or TNK, please visit the official page on SCHUBAS.COM
TO PURCHASE TICKETS (INCLUDING 5-DAY PASSES), CLICK HERE!!!!
January 14th, see you home slices there.
**if people can namedrop their macs, why can’t i namedrop my vaio?
* i guess it’s all very subjective
TONIGHT! BLOOD RED SHOES! CHICAGO!
So Halloween weekend is upon us and what better way to kick things off than by attending a show guaranteed to kick your ass with pure awesomeness???
Brighton’s Blood Red Shoes have been making their way across these fair states of ours for the last two weeks on their FIRST EVER US tour, culminating tonight at Subterranean! So swing by if you know what’s up!
BLOOD RED SHOES
w/ Sky Larkin
SUBTERRANEAN
2011 North Ave.
Doors: 9pm / Show: 9:30pm
Need a fun Pitchfork Fest warm-up show? Check out Slow Animal tonight!!
Slow Animal
w/ Pig Takeover, Harshest Breeze, and Morgan McKinley
TONIGHT!! Thursday July 15 @ Maman Cave
6448 N. Greenview Ave. Roger’s Park
(Near Devon & Clark)
Show starts at 7pm
$5 suggested
If you’re in town getting yourself amped up for Pitchfork Festival tomorrow or you just want something fun to do tonight, head on down to Maman Cave in RoPo and check out New Jersey’s Slow Animal. With their surf-rock inspired, garage fuzz sound, Slow Animal could very well be gracing a stage at Pitchfork Fest in the near future, definitely worth checking out!
You can download/sample some Slow Animal tunes for free over on bandcamp! slowanimal.bandcamp.com/
Can’t make it to Pitchfork Fest? Don’t sweat it, watch online!
The Pitchfork Music Festival is officially upon us! Yep, THIS weekend (July 16th-18th) thousands of badly dressed hipsters with ironic facial hair who haven’t bathed in weeks and only eat vegan food but don’t mind smoking Parliaments will descend upon Chicago’s Union Park for three days of humidity and heat stroke. Oh, and music* of course!
Don’t have tickets yet? Some passes for Friday are still available, so get on that ASAP. Saturday and Sunday day-passes have SOLD OUT. However, Pitchfork has confirmed that a very very limited number of passes for each day will be released this week. These tickets will go on sale THURSDAY JULY 15th at 11am at the festival site AKA Union Park. So if you want them, get there early!
For all the folks who can’t make it, turn those frowns upside down! Pitchfork will be streaming the festival online at http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/media.php starting Friday. You too will be able to enjoy the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, Modest Mouse, Lightning Bolt, and more!
For more news, visit the festival’s official website.
*This also marks the first year Pitchfork has a COMEDY STAGE. Friday on the Balance Stage, you can enjoy the comedic stylings of Hannibal Buress(!), Wyatt Cenac(!), Michael Showalter(!!!!!), and Eugene Mirman (!!!!). Top notch.
Video: Peggy Sue showing America how it’s done.
Last month, Peggy Sue came through Chicago for the third time and delivered a near flawless 45-minute set. Watch the band perform new song “Hold You Down” at Schubas:
While on the road in North America, Katy, Rosa, and Olly recorded a video in each city they visited. Check out some of my favorites below and watch all 12 videos on Peggy Sue’s official Youtube channel!!
Also, make sure to buy their new digital single “Yo Mama” featuring awesome covers of “All N My Grill” and “Guns of Brixton” as b-sides! LISTEN AND BUY NOW
